Best Oceanside Palms (In My Opinion)

[PalmTreeDude]

Here are what I think the best Oceanside palms are (palms for along the ocean, not 100% on the sand but almost right on the sand.)

 

 

Sabal Palmetto

Pindo Palm

Basically almost every type of Coconut Palm

Washingonia Palms

Royal Palms

Bottle Palms

 

[Neil C]

Many Coccothrinax do well in this zone and Chamaerops.

 

Regards Neil

[rick]

Don't forget the seashore palm, Allagoptera arenaria 

[RedRabbit]

Here's my list:

Coconuts

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everything else

[Really full garden]

Thrinax radiata,Pseudophoenix sargentii are also doing extremely well for me beachfront. Bismarckias are also great.

[PalmatierMeg]

Definitely Coccothrinax and Thrinax, perhaps Copernicia.

[Tracy]

On 7/6/2016, 2:11:19, PalmTreeDude said:

Here are what I think the best Oceanside palms are (palms for along the ocean, not 100% on the sand but almost right on the sand.)

I guess I need a little clarification on this.  My "almost" might be a little different than your "almost" or a third parties.  Ocean influence, lots of saltwater spray or ???  distance from the ocean.  I'm about 3 football fields back from the mean high tide mark, and about 72' of elevation, but very sandy soil.  While we do get some salty air and a lot of moisture, it seems that the temp range we experience as a result of location and increased humidity (in dry Southern California), play a larger role than anything else in the success or failure of palms.  So Coconut doesn't grow for me nor my neighbors 280 yards west on the bluffs overlooking the ocean, but many things not listed thus far do well. 

So my question is whether you are looking at salt water spray tolerant or some other characteristics? 

[Really full garden]

My beach garden is ocean front, even the cocos show damage from salt spray sometimes.The conditions improve just 200 mts further back where I have Wodyetia, Veitchias, Acoelorrhaphes. At about 300 mts back I can grow most drought tolerant palms with little difficulty. There are several negative factors for palms and other palms to consider, wind,salt,poor soil(sand) heat ,and lack of water.Small palms suffer because the sand dries so quickly, once roots reach the water table they really take off. My sand is also black volcanic sand so it gets incredibly hot ( I call it satanic sand because its hot as hell).

[BS Man about Palms]

I have glanced at this thread a couple times to see if a more specific location could be given. As I LIVE in "Oceanside" California, I have many palms that will grow HERE, but will be challenged by a 7B zone as noted. I strongly doubt a coconut will grow at any 7B zone. 

 

I dug through your other posts enough to see you are in Virginia or Florida or both? The overall weather there is likely to be a larger factor than your proximity to the Ocean. I see Keith responded on one thread. Keith should be able to steer you well. 

Good Luck!

[Daryl]

Salty wind tolerance?

In these parts, the three that are standouts right at the beach are:

Coconuts

Dictyosperma album

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

By a country mile...

We get quite strong SE trade winds a lot of the time here that can smash plants in exposed locations. The local Archontophoenix, which are indigenous to the area, do not do very well down near the beach. However, sometimes you find a rare individual...this one is growing maybe 400 metres from the surf in a very exposed, windy location...and surviving handsomely! Look at the smaller wimpy ones beneath it for comparison...

Here are some Coconuts getting smashed by the wind and not caring a bit...

 

Daryl